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My Melodious Memories (Paperback)
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Herman Finck (1872 - 1939) was a celebrated musical theatre
conductor of the early 20th century, with a twenty year term as
both musical director and composer at the Palace Theatre in London,
followed and overlapped by sessions at the Queen's Theatre and the
Drury Lane Theatre. He conducted the London premieres of many
romantic musicals including Rose Marie, The Desert Song and
Showboat; composed, arranged and orchestrated a great deal of
music, particularly for revues (including Round the Map and The
Passing Show), wrote around thirty theatre shows including
operettas and ballets, and composed many light orchestral pieces
and popular songs including 'I'll make a man of you' and 'Gilbert
the Filbert'. As conductor he worked with many of the great
luminaries of the period, including Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky,
Vesta Tilley, Harry Lauder, Edith Day and Marie Lloyd. Finck was
also a celebrated wit, bon viveur, and clubman, and his
autobiography includes many gems of theatrical anecdotage and
stories of his famous friends, ranging from Dan Leno to Sir Edward
Elgar. It presents a fascinating and wide-ranging picture of life
in London musical theatre in the early part of the twentieth
century.
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